Timeline Unit 7

Question 1

William H. Seward

Answer 1

Secretary of State who influenced the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia as part of expanding U.S. influence.

Question 2

USS Maine

Answer 2

U.S. battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898; its sinking helped trigger the Spanish-American War.

Question 3

Yellow Journalism

Answer 3

sensationalized newspaper reporting that exaggerated Spanish atrocities in Cuba to gain public support for war.

Question 4

Teller Amendment

Answer 4

U.S. promise during the Spanish-American War that Cuba would be allowed to govern itself after Spain was defeated.

Question 5

Spanish-American War

Answer 5

1898 conflict in which the U.S. defeated Spain and gained territories including Puerto Rico

Question 6

Philippine-American War

Answer 6

conflict between Filipino nationalists and the United States after the U.S. took control of the Philippines in 1898.

Question 7

Open Door Policy

Answer 7

U.S. proposal advocating equal trade access to China for all nations while preserving China’s territorial integrity.

Question 8

William McKinley

Answer 8

U.S. president during the Spanish-American War who supported expansion and imperialism.

Question 9

Platt Amendment

Answer 9

law allowing the United States to intervene in Cuba and establishing a U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Question 10

Square Deal

Answer 10

Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program aimed at regulating corporations

Question 11

Elkins Act

Answer 11

1903 law that strengthened regulation of railroad rates by prohibiting rebates.

Question 12

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 12

addition to the Monroe Doctrine declaring the U.S. could intervene in Latin American countries to maintain order and prevent European involvement.

Question 13

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 13

1906 law that regulated food and medicine to protect consumers from unsafe products.

Question 14

Panama Canal

Answer 14

major engineering project completed in 1914 connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and strengthening U.S. trade and naval power.

Question 15

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Answer 15

1907 informal agreement where Japan limited immigration to the U.S. and the U.S. reduced discrimination against Japanese immigrants.

Question 16

NAACP

Answer 16

civil rights organization founded in 1909 dedicated to ending segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

Question 17

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Answer 17

1911 factory disaster in New York that killed 146 workers and led to improved labor safety laws.

Question 18

Bull Moose Party

Answer 18

Progressive Party formed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 promoting New Nationalism and stronger federal regulation.

Question 19

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 19

U.S. president elected in 1912 who promoted the progressive program known as the New Freedom.

Question 20

16th Amendment

Answer 20

constitutional amendment allowing the federal government to collect income tax.

Question 21

17th Amendment

Answer 21

amendment establishing the direct election of U.S. senators by voters.

Question 22

Underwood Tariff

Answer 22

1913 law lowering tariffs and replacing lost revenue with the federal income tax.

Question 23

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 23

1913 law creating the Federal Reserve system to regulate the U.S. money supply and banking system.

Question 24

Pancho Villa Expedition

Answer 24

1916 U.S. military expedition sent by Woodrow Wilson into Mexico to capture revolutionary leader Pancho Villa.

Question 25

National Park Service

Answer 25

federal agency established in 1916 to protect and manage national parks and monuments.

Question 26

Russian Revolution

Answer 26

1917 revolution that overthrew the Russian monarchy and eventually led to the communist Soviet Union.

Question 27

Zimmermann Telegram

Answer 27

secret German message proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States that pushed the U.S. toward entering World War I.

Question 28

Liberty Bonds

Answer 28

bonds sold by the U.S. government to citizens to finance World War I.

Question 29

Fourteen Points

Answer 29

Woodrow Wilson’s proposal for peace after World War I emphasizing self-determination and a League of Nations.

Question 30

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 30

1919 treaty that ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany.

Question 31

Schenck v. United States

Answer 31

Supreme Court case ruling that speech creating a “clear and present danger” could be restricted during wartime.

Question 32

18th Amendment

Answer 32

constitutional amendment establishing Prohibition and banning the production and sale of alcohol.

Question 33

Red Scare

Answer 33

period of fear of communism and radical political movements in the United States after World War I.

Question 34

19th Amendment

Answer 34

amendment granting women the right to vote.

Question 35

League of Nations

Answer 35

international organization created after World War I to maintain peace

Question 36

Warren G. Harding

Answer 36

president elected in 1920 who promised a “return to normalcy” after World War I.

Question 37

Washington Naval Conference

Answer 37

1921 meeting where major powers agreed to limit naval armaments to prevent an arms race.

Question 38

Immigration Act of 1924

Answer 38

law establishing strict immigration quotas that greatly reduced immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and banned most Asian immigration.

Question 39

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 39

U.S. president who promoted pro-business policies and limited government regulation during the 1920s.

Question 40

Dawes Plan

Answer 40

plan that helped Germany pay war reparations through American loans

Question 41

Scopes Trial

Answer 41

1925 trial in which a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law.

Question 42

Herbert Hoover

Answer 42

president elected in 1928 who supported limited government intervention during the early years of the Great Depression.

Question 43

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer 43

international agreement where nations promised not to use war as a means of solving disputes.

Question 44

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Answer 44

1930 law raising tariffs to record levels and worsening the global economic downturn.

Question 45

Great Depression

Answer 45

severe global economic crisis from 1929 to the late 1930s marked by unemployment

Question 46

21st Amendment

Answer 46

amendment that repealed Prohibition and ended the national alcohol ban.

Question 47

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 47

Franklin Roosevelt’s policy promising non-intervention in Latin American countries.

Question 48

Indian Reorganization Act

Answer 48

1934 law restoring tribal self-government and ending policies of forced assimilation.

Question 49

New Deal

Answer 49

series of programs created by Franklin Roosevelt to provide relief

Question 50

Neutrality Act of 1935

Answer 50

law designed to keep the United States out of foreign wars by banning arms sales to warring nations.

Question 51

Second New Deal

Answer 51

later phase of Roosevelt’s reforms expanding labor protections and social welfare programs.

Question 52

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 52

1938 law establishing minimum wage and a 40-hour workweek.

Question 53

Cash and Carry

Answer 53

policy allowing Allied nations to purchase U.S. weapons if they paid cash and transported them themselves.

Question 54

Destroyers-for-Bases Deal

Answer 54

1940 agreement giving Britain U.S. destroyers in exchange for military bases on British territory.

Question 55

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 55

policy allowing the U.S. to supply Allied nations with weapons and supplies during World War II.

Question 56

Pearl Harbor

Answer 56

1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii that brought the United States into World War II.

Question 57

Manhattan Project

Answer 57

secret U.S. project that developed the first atomic weapons during World War II.

Question 58

Executive Order 9066

Answer 58

order authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Question 59

Battle of Midway

Answer 59

major 1942 naval battle where the U.S. defeated Japan and halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

Question 60

War Production Board

Answer 60

government agency that directed wartime industrial production during World War II.

Question 61

Korematsu v. United States

Answer 61

Supreme Court case upholding the constitutionality of Japanese American internment during World War II.

Question 62

D-Day

Answer 62

1944 Allied invasion of Normandy that began the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.

Question 63

V-E Day

Answer 63

May 1945 celebration marking Germany’s surrender and the end of the war in Europe.

Question 64

Yalta Conference

Answer 64

1945 meeting where Allied leaders planned postwar Europe and divided Germany into occupation zones.

Question 65

Potsdam Conference

Answer 65

1945 meeting where Allied leaders finalized the division of Germany and discussed postwar arrangements.

Question 66

Hiroshima

Answer 66

Japanese city destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped by the United States in 1945.

Question 67

Nagasaki

Answer 67

Japanese city destroyed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States in 1945.

Question 68

United Nations

Answer 68

international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation among nations.